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A Monster's Expedition
An adorable and relaxing open world puzzle adventure for monsters who love to learn about humans!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
50 of the 73 reviews raise this.
“Truly an amazing puzzle game, the ingenuity and added complexity to the game makes each puzzle feel like a totally unique challenge. The extra added snowman puzzles make this game have as much worthwhile difficulty as…”
19 of the 73 reviews raise this.
“Truly an amazing puzzle game, the ingenuity and added complexity to the game makes each puzzle feel like a totally unique challenge. The extra added snowman puzzles make this game have as much worthwhile difficulty as…”
12 of the 73 reviews raise this.
“Very super cute, every sound feels responsive and satisfying The atmosphere is very cool and relaxing 😌 The only thing on fire was my brain, the logs have been tough on me sometimes, i don't mind too much though 😌”
“Played mostly offline, so playing time shown is much lower than actual. I completed Cosmic Express and this looked even more polished. The visuals and audio are nice. The story and the world to explore are kind of…”
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just…”
8 of the 73 reviews raise this.
“Really charming and cute with your little monster. The puzzles were difficult (in a good way) and I thought it was interesting to see the progression of learning new physics and mechanics as you progress through the…”
“Played mostly offline, so playing time shown is much lower than actual. I completed Cosmic Express and this looked even more polished. The visuals and audio are nice. The story and the world to explore are kind of…”
“Absolutely delightful puzzle game. There is so much charm in the character and the world, exspecially the inaccurate museum exhibits. The gameplay thrives on experimentation and discovering new ways that the mechanics…”
5 of the 73 reviews raise this.
“The amount of content in this game is insane”
6 of the 73 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Played mostly offline, so playing time shown is much lower than actual. I completed Cosmic Express and this looked even more polished. The visuals and audio are nice. The story and the world to explore are kind of…”
“Finding friends is pain”
5 of the 73 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
4 of the 73 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Good puzzle game that thrives on making the most out of a very simple mechanic, which is the way of the greats. I did have some issues with it: 1) The most straightforward fixable one - map should be something that can…”
“Really charming and cute with your little monster. The puzzles were difficult (in a good way) and I thought it was interesting to see the progression of learning new physics and mechanics as you progress through the…”
Counted across 73 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 94.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“[b]TLDR[/b] A vast, Sokoban-style puzzler with clever, interconnected puzzles and gentle humour, and optional challenges that push its mechanics to the extreme. [18/20⭐, 21h🏅(+30h hidden friends), 4/5💡(5 hidden friends)] [b]Context[/b] A Monster’s Expedition takes place in a…”
— a player, Steam review · 52 hrs played“A Monster’s Expedition nails its mechanics by turning environmental logic and spatial navigation into pure gameplay joy. What looks at first like a simple “push‑blocks‑to‑solve” game quickly reveals itself as a clever system of rules and consequences that feels deeply satisfying…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“im ngl this is one of the best more puzzle games i've ever played, i love the non-linear format for puzzle games so much”
— a player, Steam review · 51 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual, Indie, Strategy |
| Player tags | Puzzle · Open World · Adventure · Sokoban · Family Friendly · Exploration · Difficult · Funny · Cute · Singleplayer · Casual · 3D (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on TV · Remote Play Together · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 9 |
| Official site | https://www.monsterexpedition.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7+ Processor: SSE2 instruction set support Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 256 MB NVidia or ATI graphics card, Intel HD Graphics 3000 or better DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 1 GB available space